deli associate

produce associate

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Guidos Fresh Marketplace

The Good: Good hours, straight-forward work, easy to get hired, easy to get promoted, good employee discounts, occasional free lunch, free food, 2 paid breaks per shift, nice co-workers, nice customers, quality products, benefits, provides employee gear, end-of-year bonus.

The Bad: Fairly typical retail environment, and unfortunately at the end of the day it all boils down to more sales, more product, and more profit. Portrays a happy family atmosphere but growing uncomfortably corporate. Gossipy, cliquey social environment. Training is next to nothing and basically up to you to figure out on your own, but they will hire anyone. So if you're a hard-worker and fast-learner you will do well, but that puts you at risk of being taken advantage of without fair compensation if you're not careful. Managers are mostly fair with scheduling and time off, but it is a sin to ask for any type of time off surrounding any holiday and frowned upon so much you're made to feel like you've betrayed the company for even asking. Prepare to sacrifice family time to uphold company loyalty with a smile for $13/hr. Poor organization of protocols. Dysfunctional systems due to lack of training and structure. Never enough equipment for all staff on busy days like stocking carts which makes it next to impossible to do your job but you're expected to make do using a shopping cart, which is miserable. High stress everywhere. Tiny break area that is always cluttered and filthy. Messy storage rooms. Boss is unreasonably rude to staff and puts everyone on edge. Major lack of support for employees in higher up positions and way too much pressure for the pay. Difficult to take a lunch break in higher up positions, nevermind a vacation.

Management wouldn't step down the help unpack an order if there were a dying puppy strapped to a pallet of overpriced cheeses. As the next wave of management and ownership steps in I was constantly left with the question why? What is their vision and what are the steps they would like to get there? This is information you will never possess. Given the sheer size of the business you would think teams, or at best cliques, would form to back one another up but this was never apparent. You'll meet some great people in this weird place and they tout family as the most important thing ever but as it turns out, you aren't their family. There is absolutely no consideration for safety or loading procedures. Extremely limited, basic training is offered and just enough paperwork is filed that it almost looks legitimate but expect to be breaking every OSHA standard every day.

A typical day at work for at Guidos would look like the average day at a grocery store, although there are different departments, we all work together as a team. Just like any other store, you may have a customer that is difficult, and then you have those customers that know you details of your life. The general population of individuals that I come in contact with in the front end of Guidos are the healthy, earth crunchy, relaxed, easy going, local people. 
The hardest part of the job I would say is when I come across a difficult customer who is pleased by nothing. At that point, I do everything to normalize the situation and when it gets out of hand, i simply hand that situation to my manager. 
The most enjoyable part  of my job has to be the customers; the regular,consistent consumers that have been there since the first day of your training and years later, they are still there.

Worked in the kitchen/deli area, waited on customers, stocked shelves, prepared and packaged meals for purchase, cooked food for purchase. 

Learned time management, customer service, learned how to cook and prepare many different meals

Mangers were often not on the same page with each other, did not always get the amount of hours I needed, mangers did not always have the best discretion on who they hired.

Co-workers were mostly helpful and supportive of one another, enjoyable to work with

Hardest part was when people didn't show up for their shift and we were understaffed. During summer peak times the store was extremely busy so there was always a lot of pressure from the customers

I cam to Guido's with a lot of experience in the field of produce, some of that experience in the same county so it was easy for me to being there. Management is not always clear about what is expected of you and the owners at times have the same issue. Though a lot of money is coming in the door every day, Guido's is still very much a family business and after being there awhile you will feel like part of this family, They are fairly selective about who they hire and for the most part I very much enjoyed all of my co-workers.

I started working here a week before Thanksgiving. The foot traffic hectic, lines were busy and the day was moving a 100 phs per min and the team and managers here did not miss a beat when it came to welcoming me, helping me and teaching me every step of the way. you work side by side with experienced people and you'll get out what you put in. it's not an assembly line. its good fast paced work that will get you through the day quick but have the feeling that you worked for a reason that day. promotions don't take long. The store owner and managers appreciate good hard work and they show it by rewarding they employees any chance they get 

What is the best part of working at the company?
All ways great people to for and with!!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Al and all there is nothing really stressful about working at the Guidos!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There is a team atmosphere about the Guidos. The culture is, there is a place for everyone!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
My typical day at the Guidos is mopping floors first, cleaning the bathrooms next. Overall makeing sure the store is clean inside and out!

Guido's is a great place to work. The employees are into the company mission. The managers and owners are fantastic. From a customer perspective, the atmosphere is welcoming and filled with healthy foods.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great co workers. Benefit package. Nice customers. Great atmosphere. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Can be very busy stressful at times

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Employees are helpful and all gave the team concept 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy at times but it gets steady and sometimes slow.

It was a great place to work. CEO's were two brothers who depended on my abilities as their manager to get the job completed each day in the most efficient way. Always making sure the customer was taken care of and they gave me the leeway as a manager to take care of my team. I enjoyed working for this company and meeting new people everyday.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Deli associate 15 salaries reported	$17.57 per hour
Produce associate 10 salaries reported	$17.20 per hour
Stocking associate 9 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Cashier 13 salaries reported	$16.89 per hour
Barista 9 salaries reported	$17.22 per hour

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